Nato's New Members

by Editor
April 24, 2014 at 11:09 am

http://www.smartertimes.com/1187/nato-new-members

A Times dispatch from Europe about NATO reports: "Two new members, Spain and Hungary, along with two apparently vulnerable Baltic countries, Latvia and Lithuania, spent less than 1 percent [of GDP on defense]."

Spain has been a member since 1982 (here is the New York Times article published May 31, 1982 headlined "Spain Enters NATO as First Country to Join Since 1955"), so the accuracy of the term "new" here is highly questionable.

Thanks to reader-contributor-participant-community member-content co-creator Colin for the tip.

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